i just found a place where i can download
complete packs of roms from all the old console systems - Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Atari, Coleco, Commodore... tens of thousands of old school games.
each ROM is compressed (7zip), and the packs can be plugged into a GUI where i can launch them with my favorite emulator without having to uncompress them.
now i never have to leave the house again